The Raid director Gareth Evans initially finished filming his action thriller Havoc in October 2021. He talks to us about its reshoots and lengthy delay.

Regular visitors to the site will probably remember reading one or two stories about Havoc, the latest action thriller from director Gareth Evans. Starring Tom Hardy and produced for Netflix, the film initially completed production in October 2021 – but then Havoc was subjected to a number of delays and stories of reshoots.

Almost four years later – and six years since Evans’ previous feature, Apostle – Havoc is finally out on Netflix. And if you enjoyed The Raid, or the heroic bloodshed stylings of director John Woo, you’ll almost certainly get a kick out of Evans’ wildly kinetic opus, whose action certainly lives up to its title.

As for the reasons behind the lengthy delay, we spoke to Evans himself about that very subject in March. The...